FROM ONE DIRECTOR TO ANOTHER - In terms of directors, Pride And Prejudice And Zombie has not met with much luck so far. The first professional contacted to shoot the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith was David O. Russell, but just Natalie Portman (then attached to the film to play the lead role) abandoned the project, the director did likewise. From that time, Lionsgate contacted, one after another, four directors: Jonathan Demme, Matt Reeves, David Slade and Mike White (forced to decline the offer because he was already committed to Enlightment, upcoming TV show of the HBO).
According to the Vulture, the title of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies has been linked for the sixth time to the name of a director. It is. Craig Gillespie, director of Lars And A Girl Of His Own who has just completed the filming of Fright Night, the remake of Vampire Slayer with Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin and David Tennant. In theory, the only known commitment of Gillespie in the near future is represented by the dramatic The Dallas Buyer's Club, scheduled for release in 2012. The horror parody of Pride And Prejudice Has it finally found a director or will "history repeat itself" for the sixth time?
Article by Cristian Taranto
